LORETA, lo-ra'ta, Pietro, Courrr, Italian surgeon: b. Ravenna, 1831; d. 1889. He re ceived his education at the University of Bo logna; became anatomical prosector there in 1861 and four years later became director of the surgical clinic. He was appointed to the chair of surgery at Bologna University in 1868. His publications include
(the church of the Holy House), the work of Bramante, in which there is a bronze statue of the Virgin and Child by Girolamo Lombardo, and stands under the dome. The original outer walls have been covered, but inside the coarse stonework of the original masonry is visible. The material is a dark reddish-colored stone, unlike the stone in the vicinity. The tradition is that after the power of the Christians was destroyed in Palestine, by the capture of Acre, in 1291, on 10 May 1291, angels moved this house from Nazareth to the hill of Tersatta, near Fiume. After a time, on 10 Dec. 1294, the house was again removed by angels to the opposite side of the Adriatic, near Recanati; and again. in 1295, it was removed to where it now stands. The trade is mainly in the making of crucifixes, rosaries, etc.. for the pilgrims. Pop. of commune about 7,066.